Italian police on Tuesday impounded
famed Rome restaurant Assunta Madre, in the central Via Giulia,
and arrested six people including the owner, a bank manager and
an accountant in a money-laundering probe.
The owner, Gianni 'Johnny' Micalusi, was set to travel to
Monte Carlo to open an Assunta Madre in the principality along
with billionaire nightclub owner and former F1 boss Flavio
Briatore, sources said.
The bank manager is suspected of pocketing money from
Micalusi at a fishmonger's owned by the restaurant owner, with
no record of the transactions being made, police said.
The six are suspected of falsely claiming assets and
laundering money of illegal provenance, judicial sources said.
Numerous assets, premises and current accounts are being
seized in the probe, sources said.
Assunta Madre is frequented by showbiz personalities and
soccer players.
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